Study on factors affecting Quality of Life of nurses ―Focusing on Resilience－

Abstract

Decline in quality of life(QOL) of nurses is a current issue.Decline in mental QOL, in particular ,may lead to incidents and accidents, and therefore,improvement of their QOL is desired.This study aimed to elucidate the factors affecting QOL of nurses working in hospitals,with a focus on resilience,which has been attracting attention in recent years as a psychological recovery force. A questionnaire survey on basic attributes,QOL(SF-8),and resilience was conducted for 454 nurses working at 10 medical facilities in the Kyushu area,and the association between parameters was investigated.The results showed that 337 subjects analyzed had mental and physical QOL scores lower than the national standard values, and their resilience scores were similar to those reported previously.When we examined factors affecting mental QOL by multiple regression analysis, social support and self-efficacy, which are subscales of resilience, and married two-shift workers were extracted.The results indicated that the mental QOL of nurses working in hospitals is affected by their own resilience.It was suggested that measures to improve resilience,such as continuously introducting training education for resilience improvement ,and support that achieves better work and family balance by considering shift works may potentially contribute to further improvement of QOL of nurses.